Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke at 87

Published 12:00 am Monday, April 8, 2013

Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s sometime divisive prime minister from 1979 to 1990, has died following a stroke. She had been in declining health.
Lady Thatcher, 87, was a stern conservative who changed Britain’s way of thinking of its ecnomic and political life, opened the way for more private ownership.